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EDWARD H'ISERODT,- 0F WASHINGTON, ILLINOIS. Letters Patent No. 63,0-1'8, dated March 19, 1861.

IMPROVEDRAILROAD CROSSING.

TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN Be it known that I, EDWARD HISERODT, of lrVushington, in the county of Tazewell, and State of Illinois, have invented a new .and improved Railroad Crossing; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and enact description thereof, which will enable those skilled in the art' to make and use the same,re`erence being had to the acco'mpanyingdrawings, forming part ot' this speeiiieation, in which- Figure 1 represents a plan or top view of my invention.

Figure 2, a side view of the sume. i I

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts..

This invention relates to a new and improved chziir, constructed or cast as hereinafter shown undv described, whereby two tracks are allowed to intersect each other at any angle, and the cars on o'ne'traek allowed to cross the track of the other railroad Without the movement or adjustment of any frogsor switches.

A represents the cast-iron 'crossing-chairs, one of which is used at each point where'one rail crosses another,-

four being required where two single tracks cross each other. The base a of the chair casting, which rests upon the bed timbers B, extends transversely*underneath*the rail C, towards the contre of the truck, of suitable thickness and width, as represented in the drawing, and of. similar thickness und width outside of the rail, as shown in iig; .2, o'n the top ofwhieh o. lip, b, is'carried around the base of the rail, and-upward under, and forming a support to, the tread c of the rail,.to which the casting is fitted as nearly as practicable. No lip is castvto the chair on the inside of the rail, which admits of the substitution of new rails for the old, which may be worn out, merely by the removal of the bolts d, which confine them to the chairs.' The smullfcircula-r top projections c, o1rtl1e lip on the outside of thc chair, are cast upon the chair, with bolt holes through them horizontully, of suitable size; and the rails have corresponding holes punched or drilled through them, -so that, when laid in their places, they are firmly -bolted to the chairs'. The chairs A are made of suieient length to extend, at the proper angle of the crossing, nearly or quite to the centre of each truck, as may he desired, (see fig. 1,) and also on each track Aoutside of or beyond the crossing, as a cha-ir to which to festen the ends of the rails of the tracks, connecting with the crossing by bolts through Athe lips on the outside of the chair, with the proper openings q on the casting for the passage through of the flanges of the wheels when running over thel crossing, the whole of the chairs being firmly bolted or spiked to the bed timbers beneath through bolt or spike holes castin the base ofthe chair. rlhe ends of the rails, it will be seen by referring to iig. 1, are firmly stayed/ by ,right-angular cleats 7L, cast on the upper-surfaces of the chairs. Thus, by this'simple arrangement, un economical crossing'is obtained,land one which avoids the necessity of all movable frogs and switches.

I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patontrlhe peculiar form und arrangement of the crossing-chair, with 'the lipl outside of the rail holding it to its position, with the omission ofthe lip on the inner sido ofthe rail, and the application ofthe clon-ts z, as und for the purpose described. l

EDWARD HISERODT.

Witnesses:

W. G. RANDALL," W. H. Roms. 

